Article talking about how before, it was rare to have siblings in the industry so it was a great way for siblings to get their name out there quick and easy when they first debuted (Krystal, Thunder).. but now, there are so many siblings that it doesn't really impact your debut since the novelty factor has worn off.

1. [+318, -6] ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ Boram's younger sister ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ A good example of an idol that didn't see the perks of having a celebrity sister but fell to the bottom before she even made her debut ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ

2. [+233, -3] The rest of them probably aren't seeing any perks because their other sibling isn't that popular ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ

3. [+210, -4] Isn't it obvious that it wouldn't matter if your celebrity sibling is a nobody or has a bunch of antis like T-ara? They have to be popular somewhat to get your name on the radar with netizens.

4. [+24, -0] You have to have an A class sibling like Choi Jin Shil, Choi Jin Young or Um Jung Hwa and Um Tae Woong to use their name to promote your own, otherwise it's useless..

Yes and no, I suppose. People will undoubtedly compare their rap skills together and while both are much better than average, I think the general consensus is that Zico's better. As the older sibling, Taewoon will more often times than not be on the shorter end of the stick in those comparisons.

What I want is for interviewers to stop asking Thunder about Sandara. In every time, they just had to attach his name to her. The boy is already established and made a name for himself. Same goes to Krystal. I just felt bad for their stans, that must have been upset them a lot.

lol Not going to comment about Stardom obviously but yeah, it sucks that Taewoon had to take a backseat and watch his brother shine. But that's no one else's fault but CCM's. KKS gave up WAY too early after that Kangho scandal came out and with Co-Ed School being MIA for over two years, very few people recognize them or care about their whereabouts. Obviously CCM is still trying to salvage whatever's left of Co-Ed School but he took SO long to finally get them out there. Now it's like Taewoon's starting over. I hope he does well though!

I feel bad for Wooram. She couldn't have debuted at a worse time. She even filmed some things before the controversy that when aired later made them both look bad. She is really gifted in songwriting and good at singing/dancing. I hope more people are able to look past the fact that Boram is her sister. You can't pick your family.

Wow what's with the hateful comments here :o I thought it would get better after nb's post?Anyway, hm, the last comment is not very nice D: I mean, we don't know the actual truth about the whole issue so k-netizens shouldn't speak about their family like this, it's disrespectful imo.And I don't think it's really a perk to have siblings in the industry, especially if you don't meet the public's expectations and all...?

they seem like they're giving him a lot more room to shine seeing that their newest release was all rapping and was basically 90% him and 10% the other dude rapper (i don't know any of their names... i'm hoping i will learn through their reality shows.. if it gets subbed)

Sungmin is the other rapper, I believe, and he's like 16 or something .__. Taewoon's definitely getting a lot of love from his company to be front and center of Speed as well as featuring on The Seeya's debut single.

Taewoon and Co-ed weren't doing anything at the time Zico debuted so Taewoon's "popularity" was pretty much nil. Zico was able to become popular because of his skills and I actually would be surprised if Taewoon got more attention because of it.

allkpop is getting a bad rap here, My guess is that it's allkpop antis that are posing as these so-called allkpop trolls like this one hear. You've heard them lately saying now how NetizenBuzz is "ruined forever" because they think all the allkpop goers are migrating here, lol

[+23, -0] The Boram siblings basically tainted their father's name^I'm actually quite surprised at how badly they failed, considering their whole family are basically celebrities, and it's not even like their parents are entertainers who people have no idea who they are. In terms of SK citizens' ability to recognise someone by their faces as a judge of how well-known they are, their mother is probably more identifiable than the both of them combined together.

It also helps that both Soshi and 2ne1 blew up in 2009. And while their sucesses were still fresh in everyone's minds f(x) and Mblaq debuted in 2009 as well.

On the other hand with Taewoon and Zico. Co-Ed was not popular at all. Block B debuted in 2011 and with their recent successes I think Taewoon is more known as Zico's brother than the other way around despite debuting before him.

Boram and Wooram. Are just unlcuky. D-Unit had the pleasure of debuting right after T-ara's mega scandal which totally brought them from Korea's number 2 girl group to Korea most hated girl group. It was unfortunate that D-Unit had to be affiliated with T-ara bought some negative attention to them.

And than Joo and Illhoon. The problem with that is Joo has been off the radar since January 2011 she does have her little stints at the JYP Nation Concerts but thats really. I was really shocked that they were siblings I just found like what 3 days ago. I actually watched all of BToB Diary and Btob B+ Diary as well and he never mentioned once. Illhoon is more known for his Kiyomi Player more than anything.

Celebrity Siblings are still quite an asset if the timing is right and how popular celebrity sibling is, who they are and what is their image. Lets say Won Bin had a sister who decided to become a singer debuted I assure that would cause not only a media frenzy but a netizen frenzy as well. See Celebrity Siblings still has its perks.

Shame that Thunder and Wooram are more talented then their siblings. Thunder can dance, produce and write songs, Wooram can sing, dance, and compose. I don't know what Boram can do but I know that Dara can act well at least she used to.

totally. i feel like thunder's expression always got dark when the interviewers mentioned dara, i mean, if it's during his debut days it's okay cause it brings more attention, but now everytime i see mblaq went to a variety show they still mentioned dara -__-"

u do realise before NB got disquis or w/e the comment section was still equally fucked up right? there never really was and probably never will be a 'quiet' comment section. there were some commenters who said some intelligent stuff nd w/e but u seem to not acknowledge that netizenbuzz has kinda always had those trolls. although i would still prefer NB to allkkkpoop anyday haha

I remember NB having trolls (especially whenever T-ara was mentioned) but other than that, but once the anon feature was no longer a thing with Disqus, the comment section seemed to improve. Now it's like we're back to that pre-Disqus era .___.

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